News from September 2020
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: The Secretary of Commerce has announced a target date of October 5, 2020 to conclude 2020 Census self-response and field data collection operations.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison, at a joint press conference with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith, announced today that 518 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend.
By State Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - U.S. Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the upcoming illegitimate elections in Venezuela:
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: A serial bank robber who led police on a high-speed chase across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Late last week, National Park Service (NPS) wildlife staff from Denali National Park and Preserve (Denali) euthanized a grizzly bear which had gained access to human food, and whose behavior and actions posed a safety concern for the people and properties in the Kantishna/Wonder Lake area.The euthanized...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland has returned a one-count indictment against Thomas G. Bares, age 53, of Concord Township, Ohio for interstate threatening communications.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. -On Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, Rep. Harley Rouda, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, held a hearing to explore solutions to the climate crisis-including actions that can be taken by the federal government to support the transition to a green economy and increase competitiveness in the global marketplace.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: RICHMOND, Va. - A former Richmond City Public Schools elementary music teacher was sentenced today to the statutory maximum of 30 years in prison for producing images of child sexual abuse.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Sept. 28, 2020 - Laqueston Goff, 33, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, was convicted last week of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. Attorney Tim Garrison, at a joint press conference with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and Kansas City Police Chief Rick Smith, announced today that 518 arrests have been made by local and federal law enforcement officers in Operation LeGend.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Anchorage, Alaska - U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that several individuals have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a criminal enterprise involving narcotics distribution, money laundering, and gun violence in furtherance of drug trafficking crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, Guadalupe Ramos, 28, was sentenced in federal court on Monday, to 240 months in prison, by Chief U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves, for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams of more of methamphetamine, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and marijuana.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a United States Penitentiary Pollock inmate was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee Drell to 350 months (29 years, 2 months) in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for killing another inmate. This sentence imposed will run consecutive to the federal sentence he is currently serving. Cortez pled guilty to the charge on March 4, 2020.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: SANTA FE, New Mexico - As part of the Trump Administration’s commitments to being a good neighbor and responsibly developing America’s natural resources, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is asking for public input on six parcels (535.72 acres) of federal minerals proposed for the April 14, 2021, competitive oil and gas lease sale. The public scoping period will begin Oct. 5, 2020 and concludes on Oct. 19, 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A crewmember on a container ship has been arrested and charged with a federal offense stemming from the fatal stabbing of a fellow crewmember.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury has indicted two Iranian men with participating in a conspiracy to procure and illegally send export-controlled computer servers to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - After a four-day trial that ended on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, a federal jury convicted Tiba Sakuri Conley, age 31, of Ellicott City, Maryland, on federal drug distribution and firearms charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Convicted Felon and Drug User was Prohibited from Possessing Guns.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In a year with low spring runoff and lacking normal summer monsoon rains, Reclamation, the state of New Mexico, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority coordinated closer than ever and took actions together to stretch the limited supply to keep the Rio Grande flowing through Albuquerque while supporting as many uses as possible, including irrigation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2020
News Release: Roanoke, VA - National Park Service (NPS) officials announced that work began today, to mitigate a slope failure that resulted in the closure of the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Explore Park entrance (milepost 115.5) to U.S. 220 (milepost 121.4). The work, which will be completed under a full parkway...
